The Good Batch @ Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya

I love the fact that our local F&B scene has somewhat 'mushroomed', and there are just way too many options nowadays for cafe that serves Western breakfast.

I've passed by The Good Batch many months before, and finally made my trip to check out what they serve. 

Lovely 'The Good Batch'

The Good Batch offers a good environment with the right vibe, as we entered. Spacious, and packed with customers. Having wanted to head to another venue, as we were concern that the wait will be long, however the waitress assured us that the wait will be short for food to be served. And true enough, from order to food served, it was just approximately 8-10 mins wait. Thumbs up.

So packed with customers

Some little deco to usher in the CNY mood

Utensils

I love their coffee. No sugar required to my Cappuccino as it has the right balance of coffee taste, and I love the creaminess.

Cappuccino. Price-RM10

The choices of breakfast comes in interesting names - Californian, French 'O', Hangover Mess etc. However, I do wish that some of them are illustrated through pictures, as descriptions may not work best. Our eyes were busy when other plates of breakfast was served to next tables. ^_^

We ordered the Californian breakfast that comes with two scrambled organic eggs, with sides of capsicum and onion confit, fresh white button mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, some vege and a lightly toasted bread. A good portioning of each items, and they all tasted good.

Californian. Price - RM20.90

Always a fan of salmon fish, I ordered the Norwegian that comes with slices of fresh smoked salmon, topped with a pair of perfectly poached eggs, on top of bun. I just love the point when I cut through the egg, and I see the yolk melting away. The homemade lemon infused Hollandaise adds some extra point to my meal.

Norwegian. Price-RM21.90

Egg yolk that melts in the mouth

It feels good to see how well their business is doing. And they must have done something right.. ^__^

The Good Batch 
53, Jalan SS21/1A,
Damansara Uptown,
Petaling Jaya

Business Hours :
11am-12mn

Tel : 03-7733 2303

Facebook link here

Waikiki Bar @ States, Petaling Jaya / Performance by Evelyn Feroza

A bar with band performance I visited ages ago, came to mind recently. And I made my way there last week. 

Of some of the unexpected location for a bar, Waikiki is located within the compound of the Petaling Jaya Palms Sports Centre

I love the fact that it is an open air area, where you can sit comfortably without having the worry that the whole attire of yours will smell 'smokey' afterwards, apart from the fact that Waikiki offers a  tropical atmosphere with rattan used in main part of its furniture. 

Beautifully lighted

The main attraction for me is that Waikiki has a line of different performances each day, and its starts between 9.30pm-10pm. And I was absolutely pleased that it was Evelyn Feroza & friends that was performing the other day. 

I absolutely loved her voice. A natural talent that surely captivated me throughout the night, as she wowed the audience with her inimitable style and stage presence. Its so soulful and I admired her expression, where from it, you can sense the story that Evelyn tries to depict. Her rendition of songs is one that certainly meets my taste for music.

Having looked for some info of Evelyn from the internet, it seems like she is no stranger to the local music scene as she makes her waves around local pubs, and night hang out spots such as Waikiki, The Bee @ Publika, No Black Tie..

Erra Feroza & friends performing

Waikiki's crowd gets busier later at the night, and during my visit, it got really packed past 11pm. For those who are keen for a game or two, there is a pool table within, where you can have your name listed, and winner will get to play with the next player, until the next winner takes over.

I can't wait to be back to Waikiki, for other performances, and to watch out for upcoming performances by Evelyn.

Waikiki
PJ Palms Sports Centre 
1st Floor, Lorong Sultan, 
46200 Petaling Jaya

Business Hours :
Mon-Sun 5.30pm-2am

Tel : 012-924 5454

Facebook link for Waikiki  here
 
Facebook link for Evelyn Feroza here

Restoran Angcle Peoh @ Bukit Tinggi 2, Klang

As a Klangnite myself, I was happy at time we saw renovation taking place by Angcle Peoh, during end Mar 2014. First thing mainly because we don't really have many choices when comes to meeting our craving for Asam Laksa, and especially in air conditioned environment. Second, its because the origin of this shop is from the ever famous Asam Laksa in Ayer Itam, Penang.

Almost entering one year of business, I have frequented many times to Angcle Peoh, and I see the business has been consistently good.

Its like a little tongue twisting test put to us when wanting to pronounce 'Angcle', which pronounced as 'Uncle'. 'Ang' is the surname of the owner, and 'Cle' is a short form to Uncle, thus the combination.

Angcle Peoh has sufficient varieties offered, if you decide to not have their famous Asam Laksa.

As a starter, their rojak is a must order, mainly due to its yummy rojak sauce with just the right thickness, and generous amount of peanut. 

Rojak. Price-RM6

My kawan was really hungry, and decided to opt for extra noodle for the Asam Laksa. We thought it was really worth it, as by paying RM8.90, we have this yummylicious bowl of Asam Laksa.

Asam Laksa. Normal Price-RM6.90 (we added noodle, for an extra RM2)

We had to be very careful when mixing the bowl of Asam Laksa, so that it doesn't spill out. It has generous amount of vege, cucumber, onion, prawn paste. The broth of this Asam Laksa was just nice, with the right amount of sourness to raise our appetite. Not sure why, but Asam Laksa has never failed to make me salivate. However, I wish there were more amount of fish included in our bowl of Asam Laksa.

Asam Laksa

My very cheery friend, Connie, about to savor the bowl of Asam Laksa

The fried kuey teow tasted really yummy. Enough 'wok hei', used to describe Chinese style of cooking that uses high flame over a seasoned wok, while the food is being stirred and tossed..  This plate of fried kuey teow consist of cockles, bean sprouts, prawns, which unfortunately, during this visit, was a tad soft, which doesn't taste quite fresh. However, it isn't too bad.
The duck egg, which is available at RM2 extra from the normal chicken egg, and the pork lard used, does add more fragrant to the overall taste of the noodle.

Fried Kuey Teow with Duck Egg. Price-RM8.90

The slight disappointment to our lunch was the order of Prawn Mee. Not sure if their version is meant to be this oily, but the over excessive oil that was visible on top of this bowl of Prawn Mee does turned me off a little. The soup broth was too salty, and doesn't have much taste and smell of prawn that is expected of a bowl of Prawn Mee.

Prawn Mee. Price-RM6.90

On the wall, is the history of how Angcle Peoh business origins. It started by Uncle Peoh's mother way back in 1953. Interesting.

Always crowded during lunch

Restoran Angcle Peoh
42 Lorong Batu Nilam 21B,
Bandar Bukit Tinggi 2,
41200 Klang

Business Hours :
Mon-Sun, 10am-9pm

Tel : +6017-936 2223

Their FB page :
https://www.facebook.com/restoran.angclepeoh

O Banh Mi @ 1 Utama, New Wing

Inviting atmosphere

The process of making the baguette can be seen here

I passed by O Banh Mi during lunch time on a weekday the week prior, and saw that it was packed with customers. So attempted a visit during Sunday last week, when I saw a less busy crowd.

Their core product is as per name of the brand name where Banh Mi in Vietnamese means all kinds of bread.

The baguette is an absolute winner. Just as how Vietnamese makes baguette, the outer later carries a light crisp texture, while the inside was airy. This Vietnamese styled sandwich is a product of French colonialism in Indochina, combines ingredients from the French that is the baguette, and with native Vietnamese ingredients such as cilantro, pickled carrots and daikon (winter radish). We ordered the teriyaki chicken which also came with sunny side up egg. A total satisfaction to a wholesome meal.

O Teriaky. Price-RM11

I took the Dry Grilled Chicken Vietnamese Noodle. I must say that the portion is really big for the price I paid. Definitely enough for 2 share... The bowl of noodle is filled with teriyaki chicken, cucumber, spring roll, lots of mint and basil, bean sprout, lettuce, garnish with peanuts and fried onions, and their home made fish sauce. I love the texture of the vietnamese noodle, that tasted absolutely fresh. It has the right thickness of noodle that I absolutely enjoy.

Dry Grilled Chicken Noodle. Price-RM11

Details on what goes into their sandwich

This standee works, as many stopped to have a look

Also the must order is their refreshing lemon tea, that's priced at only RM5 each.

Total bill came up to RM33.90 for 2 person. Fulfilling and very much worth the price paid, in return for such satisfactory quality of food. 

O Banh Mi 
LG 328, 1Utama Shopping Mall

Their other outlet :
Uptown
No. 33 Jalan SS21/56b, Damansara Utama

Business Hours :
Mon-Sun, 9.30am-9.30pm

Their FB page :
https://www.facebook.com/obmMY

Shisha Lounge @ Solaris Mont Kiara

Having started its operation since 2009, Shisha Lounge has survived through its years of operation, when I see many F&B outlets has changed its operator, around the SOHO Solaris area.

I was somewhat convinced to come try food at Shisha Lounge last weekend, and was told that they served really good tasting Iranian food. In addition to this, they also served other varieties like Italian, Korean, Western like food.

I ought to say, this is one of the best food discovery, as I was almost in heaven, when I savor this one of the best tasting food I've ever tried. Hey, where have I been?

We started with the Gheymeh and Eggplant stew. Gheymeh is a Persian stew and in this option that we ordered, consist of eggplant and split peas. I love the thickness of this stew, that just goes so well with our rice. Eggplant is loved by Iranians and known as "the potato of Iran"..

Gheymeh & Eggplant Stew. Price-RM28

As part of side order to accompany our rice, we also ordered the yoghurt, that comes with small cuts of cucumbers, and dashes of mint. 

Yoghurt. Price-RM6

Yummeh Saffron rice..

The one photo I did not took was the saffron rice.  This was one of the best tasting rice ever. As I tried to find out a little more, I understand that Iranians has 3 methods of cooking rice. In this particular saffron rice that I tried, its parboiled rice, called 'chelo' where rice is first soaked in salted water before boiling. It is then drained and returned to the pot to be steamed. This method results in an exceptionally fluffy rice with the rice grains separated and non sticky. A big plate enough to be shared by 2 only costed us RM5. Way too reasonable. It also came with some butter for us to mix with the rice, resulting me to have continuous thought about this rice, even days after this meal I had. Oh dear! This is like I've fallen in love... with rice... *__*

A point to note, we ordered the Kebab, and the wait for a little long.. I think slightly around 20.. but but, it was definitely worth the wait, as the meat  has to be slowly barbecued, upon order.

We had the Barg Kebab which means Fillet Kebab, which is a Persian styled barbecued lamb, chicken or beef.  We ordered the beef, whereby its cut to stripes and marinated in onion and mix herbs. It was so flavorful, and with it being barbecued, the taste was even more enhanced, and the meat was so tender. A little sourish flavor that came with squeeze of lime onto the beef, alleviate the taste a little more.

Barg Kebab. Price-RM30

Being a chicken lover, we also ordered the Chicken Kebab. I'm not exaggerating if I say that this is one of the best tasting chicken that I ever tasted. Its insanely good! Again so flavorful, and the marination must have worked so well, as I totally can taste full flavor on every part of the meat.

Chicken Kebab on bone. Price-RM35

Shisha Lounge also offer performance daily, starting from 11pm.. and was told it ends around 3am. To all the late night crowd, this would be the right place to go.. And reservation is necessary for Fri-Sun, as there are huge crowd during these days.

Section for the band

Tropical setting ambiance

I can't wait to be back, again for the same food, and to try other varieties, and would definitely love to see the performance.

Shisha Lounge
Lot J-01-01 till 03
1st Floor, Soho KL,
Solaris Mont Kiara,
2 Jalan Solaris,
50480 KL
Tel :  03-6211 2338 H/P: 017 616 4043

Business Hours : 12pm-3am (however, during my 1st attempt to eat here, it wasn't open till 1pm).